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Flight attendant charged with making threat

May 30, 2004|By Items compiled from Tribune news services.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — An American Airlines flight attendant who told authorities she found a note saying there was a bomb in a jet's cargo hold was charged Friday with writing the threatening letter, which caused the plane to be diverted.

Gay Wilson, 37, of Arlington, Texas, was charged with unlawful interference with an airline, a federal charge that carries up to a 20-year prison sentence, said Doug Riggin of the FBI.

The jet flying Thursday from Dallas-Ft. Worth to Boston was diverted to Nashville.

The note said, "There is a bomb onboard this flt to Boston in cargo. Live Saddaam!" according to Nashville television station WSMV.

"Our investigation revealed that she was indeed the person responsible for the note," Riggin said.